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[Children in Rosewood Park]

Description: Photograph of two young girls standing in a park with a group of children playing behind them. According to a handwritten note on the back of the photo, it was taken in Rosewood Park in Austin in 1958.
Date: May 26, 1958
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Close-Up of Man on Stretcher]

Description: Slide of a close-up of a man on a stretcher, with blood around his mouth, during Operation Recheck in Galveston, Texas. A pair of feet are visible to the left, and hands to the right touch a tag on the man's chest.
Date: February 26, 1958
Partner: Moody Medical Library, UT

[Letter from Erma Koehn Johnson to Rosa Walston Latimer - March 26, 1992]

Description: Letter from Erma Koehn Johnson of Columbus, Texas to Rosa Walston Latimer telling about her experience working as a Harvey Girl. On the back side of the letter is an article condensed from Texas Highways magazine about the Harvey Girls, as well as a picture of Erna Koehn Johnson and Bertha Hartman wearing Harvey Girl uniforms.
Date: March 26, 1992
Creator: Johnson, Erma Koehn
Partner: Private Collection of Rosa Walston Latimer

[Letter from L. D. Bradley to Minnie Bradley - February 26, 1864]

Description: Letter from L. D. Bradley to Minnie Bradley, dated February 26, 1864 and sent from a camp near Caney Creek, in which he writes about being sick because of cutting wisdom teeth and tells of fortifications made a Caney Creek, where his company moved. On the back of the letter is written, presumable by Minnie, "God bless my noble husband. I love him far better than life. What would I not give to see him."
Date: February 26, 1864
Creator: Bradley, L. D.
Partner: Pearce Museum at Navarro College
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